Manifolding-book.



No. 768,948. PATENTED AUG. 30, 1904.

H. H. NORRINGTON.

MANIFOLDING' BOOK.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 15, 1903.

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MANIPOLDING BOOK.

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HENRY H. NORRINGTON, OF I/V'EST BAY CITY, MICHIGAN.

MANlFOLDING-BOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 768,948, dated August30, 1904.

Application filed June 15, 1903- Serial No. 161,524. (No model.)

To (ZZZ whom it incty concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY H. NORRINGTON, a citizen of the United States,residing at West Bay City, county of Bay, State of Michigan, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Manifolding-Books, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention has for its object certain new and useful improvements in amanifoldingbook or analogous device; and it consists of the constructionhereinafter described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 is a view in perspective illustrating myinvention. Fig. 2'is a View in elevation, showing one of the pagesfolded over a carbon-sheet. Fig. 3 is a similar View showing two pagesfolded over the carbon-sheet. Fig. 4 is a detail view of one face of oneof the pages of the book. Fig. 5 is a View in perspective, showing twopages of the book loosely folded in position for use.

The object of my invention is to provide a manifolding-book or salesorder-book or a book for analogous purposes employing a double-facedcarbon-sheet whereby manifold copies of an order or receipt or analogousmatter may be made.

For certain purposes, as in shipping railway freight, for example, it isdesirable to have a receipt or bill to follow the goods or.

rated lines, one section or page of each leaf being permanently bound toconstitute a book, the bound pages or sections all being retained inpermanent engagement with the cover portion after all the other sectionsor pages have been removed. so that the bound sections or pages canreadily be kept in permanent form for reference.

I carry out my invention as follows:

In the drawings, CZ represents a completed book, said book comprising abase or cover portion 6 and a plurality of leaves 0. Each of the leavesis formed with outside or lateral sections (Z, 0, and f, all of thesections or pages (Z, and with folding sections being bound as at theupper edge of said sections (Z in any suitable manner as, for example,by staples Whereby the sections (Z are permanently bound upon the coveror base 5. I do not limit myself to any particular way of binding thesections (Z together upon the base or cover portion. The page or sectionf is at the opposite end of the leaf from the page (Z. The interveningpage 6 constitutes the original or the section upon which the originalcopy is to be made. The sections (Z 0 are formed with perforationstherebetween, as indicated on the lines it h. The pages 6 f are formedwith intervening perforations, (indicated on the line 2' A double-facedcarbon-sheet is indicated at f, the same being secured at one endthereof in any suitable manner in the book, as upon the lower coverportion 6, as shown, or it might be secured to one of the leaves of thebook. The carbon-sheet is of a length suificient to normally extend overthe sections or pages (Z a. When the carbon-sheet is so in place uponthe pages (Z 0, the page f is folded over thereupon on the perforatedline 71 2',

after which the pages (2 f are further folded over upon the page (Z uponthe perforated lines h it. The book is then ready to receive the matter.It will be seen that the lower surface of the page a is thus uppermostto receive the original impression or writing upon its under surface,which has now been folded over to bring the lower face of the pageuppermost. It will be obvious that duplicate carbon impressions are atthe same time with the original impressions made upon the pages (Z f.The pages 0 fare then unfolded, permitting the ready removal of the pagef by tearing it ofi along the line i z'. By throwing back thecarbon-paper the page 0 may readily be separated from the page (Z alongthe line h it. The page (Z, which has just re ceived an impression, isthen thrown back or folded over along its bound edge, permitting thecarbon-paper to be replaced over the underlying pages (Z a ready for anadditional record to be made. It will be obvious that the pages (Z arenever removed from the book.

The binding of the pages or sections (Z along the upper edge thereofrenders it desirable to make the pages a f shorter than the pages (ifthat is, the pages (Z project at their upper ends upward and beyond theupper edges of the pages a f. This greatly facilitates manipulation ofthe carbon-sheet.

Any suitable printed matter may of course be printed upon the pages (Z,a, and f, the page (2 bearing the printed matter on the reverse sidefrom the printed matter upon the pages (Z The separated pages and f mayreadily be utilized as above described or in any desired manner, whileupon the bound pages (Z a permanent record is made for safe keeping.When all of the sections or pages 6 and f of a given book have beenseparated from the pages (1, the lower cover or base por tion Z) may bereadily cut off on a line corresponding to the perforated lines 71/ h.

I do not limit myself to binding the carbonsheet in a book, as a loosecarbon-sheetmight be utilized; but it is obviously of advantage to havethe carbon-sheet permanently attached to the book in any suitablemanner.

hat I claim as my invention is Amanifolding-book of the nature describedformed of a plurality of leaves, each leaf divided into a permanentsection and a plurality of folding sections by weakened lines, the permanent sections of the leaves being bound together at their upper edges,the folding sections of each leaf arranged to fold over the permanentsection, the outer lateral edges of the permanent sections being freefor the insertion of a carbon-sheet therebetween.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing Witnesses.

HENRY H. NORRINGTON.

\Vitnesses:

HARRY J. MILLER, DANIEL M. SHAVER.

